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Explanations of Class Differences in Educational AttainmentDifferential educational attainment refers to the tendency that some groups do better or worse in academic success. It has been explained in a number of ways: Material Deprivation Cultural Disadvantages Cultural Capital…read more

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Material Deprivation Children may feel isolated, Socioeconomically Low income reduces the disadvantaged children will bullied and stigmatized due chances of having a PC with be left at the mercy of badly-to their inability to afford the web access, a desk, books, resourced underfunded material things others can educational toys, work space schools in their deprivedfor school i.e. School uniform and a heated environment. areas. etc.…read more

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The govt. has attempted Positive discrimination schemes in order to level the playing field for socially disadvantaged children.Offering compensatory education in order to not only ease the WC schooling experience, but to offer incentive to the poorer studentsto do well and attend school passed GCSE with the provision of the EMA (Educational Maintenance Allowances)…read more

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Cultural Disadvantages Who makes up the curriculum? · The education system is mainly set and controlled by the middle class, many of whom are White. · They don't represent the demographics of every district in the UK yet they set the national curriculum for everyone What makes the system bias? · Students who share this background and the characteristics will be more likely to succeed at the standardised tests to assess their abilities. How are the working classes disadvantaged by this system? · The bias is now mainly focussed on the differences between spoken language and written language where WC students are put at a disadvantage as they have the dual burden of learning English all over again in school as their parents speak a more broken version of the language.…read more

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Cultural CapitalCultural capital is a term that is used by Marxists to highlight the effect of cultural background on educational success. Bourdieu and Passeron (1977) · MC cultural capital material wealth Ball (1994) · MC parents the education system with their cultural capital · Getting their children accepted into the best schools · Making impressions on Head Teachers West and Wind (2003) · Interviews often exclude WC families in favour of MC families. They have the advantage of conversing with the interviewer about University etc and can connect with them on a different level · The Govt. banned such interviews in 2005…read more